Football’s First Defender

In the middle of the season, the most tiring person at Chelsea must be the left back Ashley Cole.

Although because of Bosingwa's injury, Ivanovic played a lot of time on the right, but at the left back position, it was almost Ashley Cole, who insisted on it from beginning to end.

After a series of competitions, Ashley Cole, who felt that he was not fit enough, took the initiative to apply for a rotation. The schedule is too dense, and the knockout round of the Champions League is about to begin. The state and physical fitness, to cope with various important events in the later stage.

Although Zhirkov is also an option to play left back, but because Zhirkov is too weak, as a pure left back defense, he is really at a disadvantage when facing British wingers. After the trade-off, Ancelotti continued to prepare to use the tactics of the three central defenders, but this time, Ancelotti improved the three central defenders.

In the previous games, Chelsea used the orthodox three central defenders, Yang Feng, Terry, and Carvalho when they tried the three central defenders. This time, the positions of Yang Feng and Terry were still guaranteed, but Carvalho's playing quota , was replaced by Ivanovic.

Yang Feng played in the middle position, Terry was on the left and Ivan was on the right.

In view of the problem of poor offense and insufficient assist ability of the two full-backs when playing with three backs before, this time, Ivan's playing can ensure the ability to advance and cross from the right.

And when Ivan stepped forward to participate in the attack on the right side, Mikel could step back a little and act as the other of the three central defenders, and push Ivan up to become the right midfielder.

Through the rotation position between the two, Ivan's side attack advantage can be used when attacking, and when defending, Ivan returns to his defensive position and frees Mikel, making Chelsea both offensive and defensive. , are in the optimal situation.

Among the five midfield positions, the left midfielder position is still reserved for Zhirkov to ensure the offensive threat from the left.

The other four midfielders are Mikel, Deco, Ballack and Lampard.

The striker is still the offensive combination of Drogba and Anelka.

Chelsea's opponent in this round, Hull City, is now deeply trapped in the relegation zone. The league has entered the second half of the season, and the relegation situation in the Premier League this season is still very chaotic.

Except for Portsmouth, which is the bottom one, there is too much difference from the previous scores, and the relegation quota is basically locked. For example, Hull City, which is second to last, has 20 points, and Wigan Athletic, which is ranked 14th, only has 22 points. There is no accident this season, and Portsmouth has locked a relegation spot. , there are 6 teams left, and the remaining two relegation spots will come out. Every point, every victory, may help the team jump out of the relegation zone in the end.

Hull City, which sits at home, has a strong desire to rely on defense and keep the key points.

Hull City's 541 formation, even the striker who should have moved forward alone, did not intend to attack forward, but defended in his own half.

Chelsea has been in possession of the ball and besieged Hull City. The possession rate is at its peak, breaking through 75%, approaching 80%.

And Hull City is sticking to the 30-meter line of the penalty area. All players hardly expand outward, just guarding their own one-acre three-point land.

Throughout the first half, Chelsea scored as many as 13 shots, but they still had no room to play. The score of 0-0 was maintained until the end of the half-time game.

During the halftime break, Ancelotti emphasized the aggressiveness of the wing attack, making the players more courageous to make opponents' fouls and win opportunities for set kicks, instead of blindly passing some passes.

Zhirkov's left side became the hot spot for Chelsea's offense in the second half. In terms of pure technical ability, Zhirkov's ability to make fouls is stronger.

Although Zhirkov's body is still obviously thin, using his speed and technical ability can indeed cause great difficulties for Hull City's defense.

In the second half, under the emphasis of Ancelotti, Chelsea's set-piece opportunities began to increase steadily.

And with set kicks, all the good headers in the Chelsea team will have a chance to show themselves.

Continuous set-piece opportunities, countless forward rushes to the top, even though Hull City's defense did a good job in this game, but the one hundred and one sparse, it was the quantitative change on Chelsea's side that caused the qualitative change.

In the 67th minute of the game, Yang Feng took advantage of a corner kick to accurately grab the spot in front of the goal and scored with a header.

After being familiar with the physical confrontation in the Premier League, Yang Feng has used his accurate ability to judge the position on the offensive end to frequently participate in the offense and threaten the opponent's goal recently.

The entire trio of Chelsea's defense, Terry, Yang Feng, and Ivan, are all "reversing" players, and they all have excellent header ability, which can help the team break the deadlock.

As for Chelsea, which successfully broke the ice, it will naturally be smooth sailing. Hull City, which had to attack, lost sight of the other in the final stage of the game.

Although he once played a very threatening through ball from the side, Yang Feng, who was in the middle of the penalty area, ran out directly by himself. When the Hull City striker received the ball and completed his turn, he stepped forward to complete the interference and succeeded. Steal the ball and help Chelsea resolve the crisis.

Except for the through ball that was defended by Yang Feng in time, Hull City's offensive methods were extremely simple and did not have much effect.

Instead, it was Chelsea's counterattack, which created excellent opportunities again and again. Finally, in the 84th minute, Anelka shook the defender in the counterattack and succeeded in pushing the far corner, helping Chelsea to expand the score to 2-0. With so little time left, it almost killed the suspense of the game.

Hull City defended most of the time, but in the end they still ended up losing. At the last moment of the game, their foot movements were a bit big, which almost caused a conflict between the players of both sides.

Fortunately, the Chelsea players have seen a lot of provocations from their opponents over the years. They keep the victory and 3 points in their pockets and take them home. The most important thing is to mention the 3-game winning streak in the league.

In the selection of the best player of the game in the Premier League after the game, Yang Feng, who opened the scoring for Chelsea and had an outstanding performance on the defensive end, became the well-deserved player of the game.

This is the third time that Yang Feng has won the selection of the best player in a single game in the Premier League. It is also a recognition of Yang Feng's gradual growth. Now, when people play against Chelsea's defense, they only praise him.

As for the young Yang Feng, in the position of central defender, people no longer have the contempt they used to have. They have more tolerance and praise for Yang Feng. Come perform better and earn more!